The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission:
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 43/2009 - Section III - Commission (N7-0025/2009 - C7-0247/2009 - 2009/2172(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection (Recast) (COM(2009)0554 - C7-0248/2009 - 2009/0165(COD))
referred to
responsible :
LIBE
opinion :
JURI
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 45/2009 - Section III – Commission (N7-0026/2009 - C7-0249/2009 - 2009/2179(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection and the content of the protection granted (Recast) (COM(2009)0551 - C7-0250/2009 - 2009/0164(COD))
referred to
responsible :
LIBE
opinion :
JURI
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Directives 1998/26/EC, 2002/87/EC, 2003/6/EC, 2003/41/EC, 2003/71/EC, 2004/39/EC, 2004/109/EC, 2005/60/EC, 2006/48/EC, 2006/49/EC, and 2009/65/EC in respect of the powers of the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority (COM(2009)0576 - C7-0251/2009 - 2009/0161(COD))
referred to
responsible :
ECON
opinion :
JURI, LIBE
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 51/2009 - Section III – Commission (N7-0027/2009 - C7-0252/2009 - 2009/2180(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 48/2009 - Section III – Commission (N7-0028/2009 - C7-0253/2009 - 2009/2181(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (COM(2009)0602 - C7-0254/2009 - 2009/2183(BUD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
opinion :
EMPL
- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union (COM(2009)0510 - C7-0255/2009 - 2009/0138(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
AGRI
opinion :
REGI
- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework (COM(2009)0600 - C7-0256/2009 - 2009/2184(ACI))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
opinion :
ITRE
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents in civil aviation (COM(2009)0611 - C7-0259/2009 - 2009/0170(COD))
referred to
responsible :
TRAN
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 44/2009 - Section III – Commission (N7-0029/2009 - C7-0260/2009 - 2009/2186(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- European Commission : Final annual accounts of the European Communities - Financial Year 2008 - International Fusion Energy Organisation (SEC(2009)1089 [[33]] - C7-0261/2009 - 2009/2187(DEC))
referred to
responsible :
CONT
opinion :
ITRE
- European Commission : Final annual accounts of the European Communities - Financial Year 2008 - European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (SEC(2009)1089 [[34]] - C7-0262/2009 - 2009/2188(DEC))
referred to
responsible :
CONT
opinion :
TRAN
- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the participation by the Community in a Joint Baltic Sea Research and Development Programme (BONUS-169) undertaken by several Member States (COM(2009)0610 - C7-0263/2009 - 2009/0169(COD))
referred to
responsible :
ITRE
opinion :
ENVI
- Proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Pakistan on readmission (COM(2009)0106 - C7-0264/2009 - 2009/0036(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
LIBE
opinion :
AFET
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 39/2009 - Section III - Commission (N7-0030/2009 - C7-0265/2009 - 2009/2189(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC49/2009 - Section III - Commission (N7-0031/2009 - C7-0266/2009 - 2009/2190(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 52/2009 - Section III - Commission (N7-0032/2009 - C7-0267/2009 - 2009/2191(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for a Council Decision providing macro-financial assistance to Armenia (COM(2009)0531 - C7-0268/2009 - 2009/0150(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
INTA
opinion :
AFET, BUDG
- Proposal for a Council decision providing macro-financial assistance to Georgia (COM(2009)0523 - C7-0269/2009 - 2009/0147(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
INTA
opinion :
AFET, BUDG
- Proposal for a Council Decision providing macro-financial assistance to Serbia (COM(2009)0513 - C7-0270/2009 - 2009/0145(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
INTA
opinion :
AFET, BUDG
- Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture (COM(2009)0541 - C7-0272/2009 - 2009/0153(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
PECH
opinion :
ENVI
- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and Canada on civil aviation safety (COM(2008)0615 - C7-0274/2009 - 2009/0156(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
TRAN
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 54/2009 - Section III - Commission (N7-0033/2009 - C7-0275/2009 - 2009/2193(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 55/2009 - Section III - Commission (N7-0034/2009 - C7-0276/2009 - 2009/2194(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
3. Implementing measures (Rule 88)
The following draft implementing measures falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny had been forwarded to Parliament:
- Draft Commission Regulation implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the access to spatial data sets and services by the Member States to the Community institutions and bodies under harmonised conditions (D004992/02 - 2009/2744(RPS) – deadline: 20.01.2010)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
- Draft Commission Regulation of [...] amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the list of nutrition claims (D005334/04 - 2009/2746(RPS) - deadline: 22.01.2010)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
opinion:
IMCO
- Draft Commission Decision of [...] concerning a Community financial contribution towards a coordinated monitoring programme on the prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in certain ready-to-eat foods to be carried out in the Member States (D005673/04 - 2009/2752(RPS) - deadline: 24.01.2010)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
- Draft Commission Directive of [...] amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards mercury, free gossypol, nitrites and Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca. (D006348/03 - 2009/2754(RPS) - deadline: 27.01.2010)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
opinion:
AGRI
- Draft Commission Regulation of [...] amending Regulation (EC) N°1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs as regards ochratoxin A (D006424/02 - 2009/2743(RPS) - deadline: 20.01.2010)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
- Draft Commission Regulation of [...] laying down the conditions for use of activated alumina for the removal of fluoride from natural mineral waters and spring waters (D006447/02 - 2009/2753(RPS) - deadline: 23.01.2010)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
- Draft Commission Regulation of [...] amending Directives 2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of their application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (D006622/02 - 2009/2745(RPS) - deadline: 17.11.2009)
referred to
responsible:
IMCO
- Draft Commission Regulation (EC) No …/.. of […] replacing Annexes V, X, XV and XVI to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (“Framework Directive”) (D006655/03 - 2009/2757(RPS) - deadline: 04.02.2010)
referred to
responsible:
IMCO
- Draft Commission directive .../…/EC of […] amending Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery (D006666/02 - 2009/2764(RPS) - deadline: 11.02.2010)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
- Draft Commission Directive allowing temporary derogations to certain eligibility criteria for whole blood and blood components donors laid down in Annex III to Directive 2004/33/EC in the context of a risk of shortage caused by the Influenza A(H1N1) pandemic (D007047/02 - 2009/2758(RPS) - deadline: 03.12.2009)
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
4. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament at the May 2009 part-session was available on the Séance en direct site.
5. The European Ombudsman's activities (2008) (debate)
Report on the annual report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2008 [2009/2088(INI)] - Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Chrysoula Paliadeli (A7-0020/2009)
Chrysoula Paliadeli introduced the report.
The following spoke: Nikiforos Diamandouros (European Ombudsman) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Pascale Gruny, on behalf of the PPE Group, Victor Boştinaru, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Martin Ehrenhauser, Non-attached Member, Erminia Mazzoni, Kinga Göncz, Marian Harkin, Oriol Junqueras Vies, Oldřich Vlasák, Nikolaos Chountis, Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo and Alan Kelly.
IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS Vice-President
The following spoke: Csaba Sógor, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg and Csaba Sándor Tabajdi.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Peter Jahr, Metin Kazak, Heidi Hautala, Angelika Werthmann and Georgios Papanikolaou.
The following spoke: Nikiforos Diamandouros and Chrysoula Paliadeli.
6. Transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (debate)
Report on transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty [2009/2168(INI)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Alain Lamassoure (A7-0045/2009)
Alain Lamassoure introduced the report.
The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Salvador Garriga Polledo, on behalf of the PPE Group, Göran Färm, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Daniël van der Stoep, Non-attached Member, László Surján, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial and Timo Soini.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Czesław Adam Siekierski, Reimer Böge, Jiří Havel and Lajos Bokros.
(The sitting was suspended at 10.45 pending voting time and resumed at 11.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA Vice-President
7. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
Marian Harkin had made it known that she had been present but that her name was not on the attendance register.
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
° ° ° °
The following spoke: Isabelle Durant on the Lux Prize.
8. Voting time
Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to the minutes.
The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.
8.1. Third country nationals subject to or exempt from a visa requirement when crossing external borders * (vote)
Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement [COM(2009)0366 - C7-0112/2009 - 2009/0104(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Tanja Fajon (A7-0042/2009)
- Prior to the vote on the draft legislative resolution, Tanja Fajon (rapporteur) had read out a joint declaration of the European Parliament and of the Council to be annexed to the text adopted and with regard to which Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission) had set out the position of the Commission (the declaration had been adopted).
- Anna Maria Corazza Bildt had regretted the absence of the Presidency-in-Office of the Council (the President had replied that the Council was free to attend voting time if it so wished).
8.2. Progress annual plan of work for 2010 and list of activities by policy section (vote)
Draft Commission decision regarding the Progress annual plan of work for 2010 and list of activities by policy section
Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra and Ioannis Kasoulides, on behalf of the PPE Group Adrian Severin, Hannes Swoboda and Knut Fleckenstein, on behalf of the S&D Group Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group Heidi Hautala and Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Charles Tannock, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Konrad Szymański, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, Roberts Zīle and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group
8.5. The European Ombudsman's activities (2008) (vote)
Report on the annual report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2008 [2009/2088(INI)] - Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Chrysoula Paliadeli (A7-0020/2009)
8.6. Transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (vote)
Report on transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty [2009/2168(INI)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Alain Lamassoure (A7-0045/2009)
On behalf of Parliament, The President welcomed a delegation from the Canadian Parliament, who had taken a seat in the distinguished visitors' gallery.
Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the 'Séance en direct' website under 'Votes'/'Results of votes'/'Roll-call votes'. They are published in hard copy in the Result of roll-call votes annex.
The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.
After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.
° ° ° °
Gay Mitchell and Ricardo Cortés Lastra had made it known that their voting machines had not worked during the vote on the legislative resolution contained in the report by Tanja Fajon (A7-0042/2009).
13. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123)
Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations included in the register (Rule 123(3)):